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A streaming music system for the audio enthusiast

Enjoy high-end audio in more rooms of your home. While there are many streaming speakers in today's audio landscape, Bluesound's multi-room music system focuses on giving you the most from high-resolution audio files. The makers of NAD electronics and PSB speakers used their years of audio experience to create this line of multi-room audio gear for the discerning listener. And you can control the Bluesound system using a free app for smartphone or tablet.

Turn your CD collection into a bit-perfect digital music archive

If you've amassed a large collection of CDs, then the Vault was designed for you. This 2TB storage drive has a built-in CD slot, so you can copy your entire collection for easy access. It defaults to ripping bit-perfect digital copies of your CDs, so you'll hear every detail contained in the original versions. Plus, you can transfer other digital music files which you may have stored on various computers around the house, and keep them all on the Vault for easy access. Once you've loaded your collection, you'll be able to enjoy all of your music in any room with a Bluesound player. The Vault itself is also a Bluesound music player — connect it to your receiver, amplifier, or other audio system using its digital or analog outputs.

A wide variety of music options

Bluesound was designed to play just about any digital music you might have in your collection, including high-resolution files up to 24-bit/192kHz. Access the music stored on your computer or a networked hard drive, or tap into Internet radio stations and online streaming services like Rdio™, Spotify®, TIDAL, and Rhapsody with the Bluesound app (subscription required for some services). You can even use the app to browse and download high-resolution music from HDtracks right to the Vault — no computer required. Each Bluesound player also features a USB input for playing files "locally" from a thumb drive or hard drive, so if a friend brings over their favorite album or playlist, you can listen to it through your system.

Create a high-resolution multi-room music system

Powernode: This amplified player connects to a pair of speakers. It may be small, but it's powerful enough to drive a pair of floor-standing speakers.

Pulse: This all-in-one player is perfect for almost any room. It has built-in PSB speakers for great sound in a compact package.

Node: This small player connects to an amplified system, like a bookshelf audio system or a home theater system.

Place a Pulse in your kitchen, attach a Node to your home audio system, and use the PowerNode to drive your high-end speakers.

Control in the palm of your hand

In addition to creating high-end music players, Bluesound also developed free apps for Apple® and Android™ so you can control the system easily with your portable device. Pull up the app on your smartphone or tablet and you can select songs and adjust volume. Play music in one room, all rooms, or different tracks in different spaces around your home.

The Absolute Sound's 2014 Product of the Year Awards: All-In-One System of the Year

The designers at NAD and PSB have come up with a brilliant solution to the problem of high-res, whole-house audio that combines superb sound reproduction with twenty-first-century connectivity.

Product Highlights:

communicates with other Bluesound players via your home network (wired or wireless)

control the system with a free app for your smartphone, tablet, or computer (Android™, iOS®, Kindle Fire, Windows®, and Mac®)

plays MP3, AAC, WMA, OGG, WMA-L, FLAC, ALAC, WAV, and AIFF files

supported sample rates: 32kHz to 192kHz

plays Internet radio stations from TuneIn Radio

browse and download high-resolution music from HDtracks directly to the Vault

Spotify Connect lets you play Spotify's streaming music library through your Bluesound system via your smartphone or tablet (requires Spotify app and a premium subscription; firmware and app version 1.10.0 or higher)

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Features

Bluesound Vault (V500): The Bluesound Vault (V500) provides a
convenient way to store and listen to your digital music collection. The Vault
provides employs a CD-ripper and 2TB hard-drive to store you CD-Audio music
files. It also offers a wired network connection and can act as a NAS drive for
storage & playback of digital music
files on your Windows or Mac computer. In
addition, its network connection lets you access even more music from online
music services, such as TuneIn and Rdio. There is even a direct USB input for
connection of a USB mass storage class device that contains music files. All of
this can be controlled from your Apple iOS or Android device using Bluesound's
free control app.

Note: The Vault (V500) needs to be connected to your home's
network and the internet in order to access music on your computer, Internet
radio stations, and online streaming music services. A paid subscription may
be required to access some streaming music or internet radio services. An
internet connection is also required for software/hardware updates.

CD-Ripper w/ 2TB Hard-Drive: The Vault's slot-loading CD mechanism can
rip an inserted Audio CD directly to its 2TB hard-drive. You can choose to rip
your Audio CD music as MP3 or FLAC files.

FLAC (recommended format): High quality compression
designed specifically for CD backup purposes. Files are ripped at FLAC level
5 balancing compression and rip speed at full CD lossless levels of
44.1kHz/16-bits. The Vault can store between 4,000 to 5,000 CDs in this
format

MP3 (default format): Standard audio compression
designed to keep bandwidth low with little degradation. Files are ripped at
320kbps, the highest level of sound quality available to MP3 format. The
Vault can store between 16,000 to 20,000 CDs in this format.

Both: For Hi-fidelity quality playback with the ability
to export or download to a personal MP3 Player.

Wired Network Connection: The Bluesound Vault is fitted with
an Ethernet (RJ-45) jack for a wired connection to your home's network and
Internet provider. This network/internet connection allows you to use the Vault
as external NAS drive for music on your
Windows or Mac computer; plus stream TuneIn and Rdio online music services.

Computer Audio: Thanks to its network connection and
2TB hard-drive, the Vault can act as a NAS drive for digital music stored on
your network connected Microsoft Windows (XP/2000/Vista/7) PC or Apple
Macintosh OS X computer. You are able to access, rip, and playback the
digital audio files that are on your PC or computer via simple drag & drop
commands. The device supports MP3, AAC, WMA, OGG, WMA-L, FLAC, ALAC, WAV, and AIFF
music files with bit-rates of 16/24-bit and native sampling rates of 32,
44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, and 192kHz.

Online Music Services: The Vault (V500) lets you access select
online music services from its wired network connection.

TuneIn: TuneIn is a free online
music service that offers over 70,000 Internet radio stations; including
music, sports, news, and entertainment. You can listen to local stations
or discover new stations from around the world. You are able to search
for music by genre (Adult Contemporary, Classical, Country, Reggae,
etc.), location (continent and country), and language (English, French,
Spanish, etc). You also get access to talk radio and podcasts. In
addition, you can save your favorite Internet radio stations as "My
Favorites".

Rdio:Rdio
is an online digital music with a catalog of 20 million songs and
interruptions or advertisements. Rdio makes it easy to find what you're
looking for, whether it's an artist, album, song, or a custom playlist. A
$10.00 per-month Rdio subscription is
required.

Spotify Connect: Through
Spotify
Connect, you can enjoy over 20 million songs, easily streamed to the
Bluesound device through your home network, either via Wi-Fi or
Ethernet; with simple control on any iOS or Android device. Requires
Spotify app and a premium subscription; firmware and app version 1.10.0
or higher.

USB (Type-A) Input: The Bluesound Vault (V500) features a
USB (type-A) port to directly connect your USB mass storage class (MSC) device;
such as a thumbdrive,or external hard-drive. The unit's USB port supports music
playback from these compatible USB devices formatted in FAT 32. The USB port is
not compatible with the direct connection of an Apple iPod/iPhone/iPad or
Android devices.

Note: There is also a rear-panel mini-USB (type-B) port that is
used for service purposes only (not for consumer use). Only authorized
service personnel can access this USB port.

Free Control App for iOS & Android: You can download the free
Bluesound Remote App from
iTunes or
GooglePlay in order to use your Apple iOS (5.0+) or Android (2.1+) device to
control your digital music files stored in the Vault. You can also search for and listen to online music from TuneIn and rdio.
In addition, you are able to create, edit, and retrieve your favorite music playlists.
The Bluesound Remote App even provides artist/song/album information and Album
Art. The remote app can be used in portrait or landscape mode. There are three
main screens; the Center Screen which has the playback controls and source
information, the Menu Screen which is swiped in from the left side, and the
Players Screen which is swiped in from the right side. Simply pinch, swipe, and
tap the screen of your iOS or Android device to make selections. If you have multiple Bluesound devices on the same network,
you can use the Bluesound Remote App to control each of them separately. You
are able to play the same music track or different music tracks at the same
volume or different volume level.

External Power Supply: The Bluesound Vault (V500) operates off of
standard household current using the supplied external AC power supply and AC
power cord.

Input: 100-240V~50/60HZ, 1.5A

Output: 12.0V - 5.0A

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Bluesound Vault

It is easy to set up and integrate with your receiver/amp. But, the app for the iPhone and iPad could use some serious revamping. They are slow and sometimes crash. Considering the Vault is pretty useless without the app, this is a significant issue. My internet connection is good so that isn't the issue. The Vault uses internet data to get Album and song titles so if you aren't connected you can rip a CD but it gets saved as 'Untitled'. If you have a lot of music this becomes a real pain to manually edit. The Vault should have the capability to get this meta data from the CD itself, like a $80 car stereo can, not rely on meta data in the ether world.

Pros:Easy to set up and good sound quality when paired with a good quality receiver

Bluesound Vault

I jumped at the opportunity to buy this product so that I could dump my 400 disc Sony changer. I must say that, after having this unit for about two months, I think I know its capabilities quite well. The three star rating is for all the aggravation it causes. Let me begin. The problem is that there is not included software to help you organize your CD's. For example, 5 CD's from say Beethoven may be indexed according to the composer or the orchestra of the conductor or other things. This makes finding a particular CD daunting if you've loaded in a few hundred. In popular music, some songs are cataloged by singer, band, first name last name, etc. The search feature in the Blusound software doesn't help either. I had to organize my entire collection and use a tag editor. I used MP3 tag editor which I taught myself how to use...another annoyance. Well, it's all good now. I can easily find recordings because I renamed nearly all my discs. This was a time consuming process, but worth it. Bluesound should provide its own proprietary management software. If you're patient and willing to reorganize your CD collection, playing them using the Blusound Vault will work well. And by the way, if you have a Sonus system, you can use their software to access the Vault's music and play it all through your Sonsus speakers or Bridge.

A Solid Solution

The search for Bluesound was motivated by a need to find a high resolution streamer that could support full 24/192 FLAC files in GAPLESS playback with a user friendly interface...and I consider the vault a success in all three categories. The most challenging aspect was finding a streamer that supported gapless playback since I regularly listen to classical albums that require uninterrupted track-track transitions for faithful reproduction. Not all streamers can do this, so be sure to double check any possible solutions if that matters to you.

I have a few nitpicks that may or may not be a big deal for you (see cons below), but all-in-all, I believe the Bluesound platform as a whole to be a worthwhile investment. If you don't need the ripping and storage capacity, you could have full 24/192 gapless streaming capabilities with a Node.

For those interested, according to the Bluesound tech forum, these units use Cirrus Logic DACs. I have this hooked up to a Peachtree Decco with the ESS Sabre DAC, and both the analog and digital outs of the Vault sound great. These things are a matter of preference, of course, but I wouldn't say that you automatically need an outboard DAC with this "bargain" streamer.

There is limited support for streaming services (no Spotify, MOG, or other 320kb/s options), so I also run Sonos for my whole house audio, and I find the two coexist nicely. If pricing isn't a consideration, NAD masters series also run on the Bluesound OS.

Pros:1. Clean Iphone / Ipad interface (Ipad has better functionality).
2. GAPLESS 24/192 high resolution playback.
3. Great value - 1TB drive, CD ripper, and streamer all in one.
4. Bluesound platform is a great foundation for high resolution streaming.
5. Found and played all music on my existing NAS.

Cons:1. Limited streaming services support (no pandora, spotify, mog, etc.)
2. CD ripper wasn't perfect in picking artwork and track titles...this is true for all ripping software, BUT there is no good built in way to modify artwork and track titles...I had to use JRiver at times.
3. Sometime requires "re-indexing" and "reloading artwork" to find all albums - a bit buggy at times.
4. Integrated highresaudio downloads aren't truly "integrated" and many titles have region restrictions.